Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a leading cause of death among adults over the age of 40 in the United States and other countries. In the United States alone, approximately 250,000 people die every year from SCA, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In fact, more people die each year from SCA than colorectal cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, auto accidents, AIDS, firearms, and house fires combined. SCA also affects many young people. Approximately 10 percent of SCA events occur among people less than 40 years of age.

SCA is a life threatening condition that can be treated successfully through early intervention with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), defibrillation, advanced cardiac life support and hypothermia.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Runners take to the streets in Detroit marathon | detnews.com | The Detroit News

Automated External Defibrillator restarts the heart of a 51 yr. old woman running in the Detroit Marathon.

A 51-year-old woman from Rochester who was running her first marathon during the race collapsed with a heart problem at 7:50 a.m. The runner was near the race's second-mile marker, located by the toll plaza at the Ambassador Bridge, when she collapsed, said Rich Harshbarger, a spokesman for the marathon's organizer.

Bystanders came to the woman's aid and performed CPR until paramedics arrived, he said. "The ambulance was there in about four minutes," he said.

Harshbarger said the medical technicians performed CPR. They also used an automated external defibrillator to restart her heart, he said.



From The Detroit News: http://www.detnews.com/article/20101017/SPORTS07/10170314/Runners-take-to-the-streets-in-Detroit-marathon#ixzz12iyBtfXc

Runners take to the streets in Detroit marathon | detnews.com | The Detroit News
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